T Bone Burnett

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T Bone Burnett
Burnett in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Joseph Henry Burnett III
Born	(1948-01-14) January 14, 1948 (age 76) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Origin	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Americana roots rock country
Occupation(s)	Record producer, musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1972–present
Labels	Universal Arista Takoma Warner Bros. Demon Columbia DMZ
Spouse(s)	Sam Phillips ​ ​ (m. 1989; div. 2004)​ Callie Khouri ​ (m. 2006)​
Website	tboneburnett.com

Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American recording artist, record producer, guitarist, and songwriter.^[1] He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has received multiple Grammy awards for his work in film music, including for O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Cold Mountain (2004), Walk the Line (2005), and Crazy Heart (2010); and won another Grammy for producing the studio album Raising Sand (2007), in which he united the contemporary bluegrass of Alison Krauss with the blues rock of Robert Plant (ex-Led Zeppelin).

Burnett helped start the careers of Counting Crows, Los Lobos, Sam Phillips, and Gillian Welch, and he revitalized the careers of Gregg Allman and Roy Orbison.^{[citation needed]} He produced music for the television programs Nashville and True Detective. He has released several solo studio albums, including Tooth of Crime, which he wrote for a revival of the play by Sam Shepard.